At Yazio, our Platform Engineering team builds and operates the infrastructure that enables our product teams to move fast, safely and reliably. We are looking for a Senior Platform Engineer who thrives on operating production systems, evolving cloud-native architectures and designing internal platforms that other engineers depend on daily. You’ll work closely with our Backend and Data Engineering teams, providing the abstractions and reliability foundations that allow them to focus on building product features. This role is 100% remote and open to candidates based in Germany, Spain, Portugal or the UK.
Key Responsibilities
Operating and evolving our Kubernetes landscape (AWS EKS and on-prem via Rancher)
Maintaining and modernizing self-hosted relational databases (MariaDB and PostgreSQL)
Designing internal platform abstractions that reduce cognitive load for Backend and Data teams
Automating manual operational processes and improving deployment consistency
Improving CI/CD architecture and release safety
Investigating and resolving infrastructure-level production incidents
Strengthening observability and monitoring across services
Contributing to the long-term evolution of our cloud-native platform strategy
Required Qualifications
Strong Kubernetes administration and troubleshooting experience (EKS preferred)
Experience operating production systems in hybrid environments (AWS and self-hosted infrastructure)
Solid Linux administration and deep debugging skills
Experience with relational databases in production (MariaDB and/or PostgreSQL, ideally self-hosted)
Experience designing or maintaining CI/CD architecture and automation
Observability experience (Prometheus, Grafana, Elasticsearch or similar)
Strong programming experience in Go, or in Python with solid software engineering foundations beyond scripting
Ability to read and reason about upstream code when systems break
A structured, automation-driven mindset with high ownership in complex environments
Clear communication skills and the ability to explain technical trade-offs to other teams
Core Tech Stack
Infrastructure & platform: Kubernetes (Amazon EKS and on-prem via Rancher), Docker, Linux-based systems, hybrid cloud environments (AWS + self-hosted infrastructure)
Databases (self-hosted & managed): MariaDB (business-critical, self-hosted), PostgreSQL, deep operational understanding of relational database systems
Monitoring & observability: Prometheus, Grafana, InfluxDB, Elasticsearch, Graylog—with a strong focus on debugging, incident investigation and system visibility
Programming & engineering: Go (preferred within the Kubernetes ecosystem), Python, Bash—with an emphasis on software engineering principles, not just scripting
Collaboration & delivery: GitHub, Jira, documentation and cross-team engineering enablement
Why Join Us?
An exciting product with millions of users in over 150 countries, localized in 20 languages
A remote-first culture, working 100% from home with options to join a co-working space or to work from abroad for several weeks
An international team with English as our company language
Access to state-of-the-art technical equipment (laptop, external monitor, etc.)
30 days of paid vacation
High-impact work environment with short decision-making processes
A work culture characterized by focus and efficiency. We do not work overtime and, on the rare occasions this is necessary, you can take the additional hours off at another time.
Yearly company retreat and additional team events online and offline
